Having Fun - Throw Back Day!!

 Yesterday was a nasty wet, windy and gray day.  Instead of doing all the things I should have been doing, I sat and looked at old pictures.  It sure got me to thinking back to the 'good old days'!  SO many memories - so many people gone - so many fun times.  Then I got to thinking about things that I remembered from back in the day that you just don't hear about today.

ENJOY the trip back in time!

Remember when you could color coordinate your TP to your bathroom???  Florals and pretty colors.

Oh my gosh!!!!!  You have to admit this screams "Green Acres is the place to be....."!!!!!  My daddy the farmer, skinny old geeky me, mom is her dress (always) and my pretty sis (our Zsa Zsa - LOL) - all big haired up!

My outfit (had shorts underneath) and of course mom's dress were homemade.  Oh my -what a snapshot of our life.  I laugh every time I see this picture!  This was our life!!!!!!

I am the only one left from this pic.

Junior year - all dressed up for a dance.  I made that dress and was so very proud of it.  That is the ONE thing from back then that I still have!!!!  No way it would fit (not even close) but I just loved it.

Gosh short dresses and long legs!  No lack of either - LOL!

THINGS:

Hula hoops

Chatty Cathy

Hot pants and go-go boots

Transistor radios

Troll dolls

Fish fries at the school

Huge backyard family picnics

No such thing as charge cards!

Easter outfit.  Oh my, hats and gloves - we all did that!  My pretty homemade dress and I had a lavender linen homemade coat that went with it.  I think this was my first year for nylons!!!  I was a walking Easter egg!!!!  I think I was about 12 in this pic.

This is my maternal grandpa - taken at the Soldier and Sailor's Monument (what we call the Circle).  This was taken before I was even born.  Grandpa passed with I was under 2 and he was retired by then.  The monument is still here and the actual center of our city!  What a dapper looking fellow!

Things:

3 channel black & white TV

.35/gallon gas

Yo-Yo's

Lincoln Logs

Fishnet stockings and platform shoes

Pick Up Stix

Jacks

New cars for under $5,000

No AC

Paint by number sets

I had more fun with paper dolls.  Those were so popular.  Then along came Barbie, Ken, Midge and Skipper!!!!!

Gosh, we played simple.  Slides, swings, hide n seek, red rover, bicycles, etc.  

We lived simple - gardens, sewing, making our own entertainment - very seldom watched TV (we didn't have one till I was like 6), doors unlocked and never had a worry, much front porch sitting, Sunday school and Sunday family dinners.

We worked hard.  Push mowers (not gas), gardened, canned, sewed, wringer washer and line dried laundry.

For me - these were good days - hard yes - but good and what seemed SIMPLE.

I miss those times.  Thank goodness for memories. 

Life sure has flown by and things sure have changed.  Thanks for coming along on my little walk in the past!  Hope it brings to mind some fun memories for you as well!